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date: 2016-03-10 09:33

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BookLikes - Official Group discussion: Bug Reports

Thanks for getting it back up so quickly! more »

date: 2016-03-07 08:03

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BookLikes - Official Group discussion: Slow Loading

Thank you so much! It's been working better the last couple of days. more »

date: 2015-03-14 00:10

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Bookishly Delighted discussion: Upcoming Monthly Themes + Leave Your Suggestions!

Some I've either read or looked at that might be good April: Middle Grade The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency # 1) - teenage Ada Byron (Lovelace) and Mary Shelley solving a crime together! It's incredible. Science Fiction Lock In by John Scalzi Romance The Secr... more »

date: 2015-03-09 00:12

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Bookishly Delighted discussion: Introduce Yourself!

Hi, I'm Degrees of Affection (that are properly due to books) and I love to read and listen to mystery, history, YA, Manga, Sci-Fi, and Graphic Novels. When I'm not trying to read my way through my TBR pile and my local library, I play video games like Mass Effect and Fallout as well as watch docume... more »

date: 2015-02-11 15:14

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Buddy Reads discussion: Mort (Death Discworld # 1) Group Read

I too agree with the analogy! It fits so many of the characters in here perfectly. I've also finished Mort but I'm still chewing on my thoughts for the book. I think it'll be a four star read for me as well and I plan to read the next book in the series in a month or so...but right now I'm going o... more »

date: 2015-02-10 06:38

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Buddy Reads discussion: Mort (Death Discworld # 1) Group Read

I know! I am too. But I'm hoping Death will make more of an appearance later on. Fingers crossed! more »

date: 2015-02-10 06:11

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Buddy Reads discussion: Mort (Death Discworld # 1) Group Read

Yes, the humor is similar and of the two I do prefer Fforde. His characters always seem to be strong enough to stand up to the elaborate world-building and humor going on around them. I'm definitely going to read more Death books but Mort is just not connecting with me as I'd hoped. more »

date: 2015-02-10 06:07

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Buddy Reads discussion: Mort (Death Discworld # 1) Group Read

Funny enough, my library has the pbk book (I gave up on the ebook) marked as SF! But I'm with Bookstooge I think, I wouldn't classify it as such. I'm on page 142 of 295 and I like it but I have to say I'm not completely sold. That's mostly because there's a lot of Mort and not a lot of Death. That... more »

date: 2015-02-09 00:34

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Buddy Reads discussion: Mort (Death Discworld # 1) Group Read

I want to know what happens but I agree, it's not completely holding my interest. more »